In the 1980's an ancient manuscript was discovered in Egypt. It was dated to 400A.D. and verified to be an authentic copy of "The Gospel of Judas" -- an genuine Gnostic manuscript that is mentioned obliquely as a heretical text. This Text portrays the Passion of Christ from the viewpoint of Judas - his favorite disciple. Instead of betraying Christ out of greed for pieces of silver, Judas in this text betrays Jesus as a disciple's heroic duty. This is almost exactly the same perspective as in the story in the book of "Jesus Christ Superstar" but Jesus Christ Superstar was written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber almost twenty years before we even knew that the Gospel of Judas really existed. Curious?
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William Schaeffer
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